College basketball: No. 8 Cal women beat George Washington 70-43

The best start in school history? It's just taking care of business, says Talia Caldwell, who thinks there are better things ahead for the Cal women.

Caldwell had a career-high 19 points and eight rebounds to help the No. 8 Golden Bears continue the best start in school history with a 70-43 victory over George Washington on Friday night at Haas Pavilion.

"It feels good to get through the preseason," Caldwell said. "We can look into the Pac-12 and know our identity. We know what we can do and we want to do it better, cleaner and harder."

Layshia Clarendon and Gennifer Brandon each added 12 points for the Bears (10-1), who open their Pac-12 season next week with three of their first four games against ranked opponents -- including No. 1 Stanford twice.